Julie Grisham
Director of Digital Accessibility, Tarrant County College District
Julie Grisham is the Director of Digital Accessibility with the Tarrant County College District in Fort Worth, Texas. In this role, she oversees the development and implementation of accessible digital resources and ensures compliance with accessibility standards across the institution. Her responsibilities include training faculty and staff on creating accessible course materials, conducting audits of digital content, and advocating for the inclusion of universal design principles in all digital communications. Julie is also a certified professional in accessibility core competencies, awarded by the International Association of Accessibility Professionals. A deaf bilateral cochlear implant recipient, Julie holds a BA in English from Texas A&M University, an MA in Education from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and an MA in Technical Communication from Texas Tech University. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Texas Tech University, working on her dissertation, tentatively titled “Risk Communications and Disability Communities: A Rhetorical Analysis of Accessible Communications with Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Individuals During Times of Disaster and Crisis.”